Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 126 Jinnan Meat Grinder

Ten tiny tanks are not enough for the tank battalion. Those with quick hands can still hit them, but those who are slow can only stare at the raging fire in a daze.

Sun Desheng looked at the ten piles of scrap metal and sighed.

"It's not fun! It's really not fun!"

Complaints from other soldiers came over the radio.

"Battalion Commander, please ask the commander if there are any more tanks?"

"Yes, even if there are no tanks, do we have armored vehicles? If that doesn't work, we can go fight the infantry. We have practiced the infantry-tank coordination for so long, isn't it for nothing?"

Sun Desheng looked up at the sky and saw that most of the Japanese planes had returned to Taiyuan to reload and refuel, leaving only three or four lonely planes circling in the sky, so he asked Li Yunlong to fight again.

It just so happened that the Grand Canyon Town was also in a stalemate, and the enemy and our side were deadlocked and fought several tunnel battles.

The three regiments suffered heavy losses.

"Sun Desheng, since you haven't had enough fighting, go help Wang Huaibao. Remember, never leave the cover of the infantry and anti-aircraft guns. If one tank goes wrong, you will have to quit your job as battalion commander!"

"Yes!"

Li Yunlong transferred a battalion from the Second Regiment to coordinate with Sun Desheng's tank battalion and tank infantry, preparing to attack the Japanese in Grand Canyon Town from the left wing.

The transport battalion quickly delivered a battalion of Shenquandi from Dongjingling Township to Lishujiao, and then joined up with the tank battalion, forming a long line and advancing towards Grand Canyon Town.

When the Japanese planes saw the independent column's tank battalion making great strides, they immediately became angry and swooped down to lay a few eggs.

However, they were soon dissuaded by the anti-aircraft guns deployed in Grand Canyon Town.

Lishu Suburb is less than three kilometers away from Grand Canyon Town. In just half an hour, the tank battalion’s twenty tanks pushed forward.

When seeing mortars and grenade launchers, just use 88mm high-explosive bombs. When seeing the Japanese gathered in groups, use grenade launchers or MG34 machine guns to fire at them.

The Japanese soldiers of the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade had never seen such a scene before and had never imagined having to use their own flesh and blood to resist the tanks of the Eighth Route Army.

Rikio Komatsuzaki immediately commanded the anti-tank gun squadron to start firing at the Tiger tanks, but this 37mm anti-tank gun was just a tickle for the Tiger tanks, leaving at most a scratch.

The Tiger tank shook slightly, then turned its cannon, pointed the black muzzle at the anti-tank gun, and fired a hot high-explosive bomb.

The anti-tank gun and the Japanese soldiers within five meters around it were turned into broken garbage.

"Baga! Organize a suicide squad!"

Lieutenant Ichiro Shokawa of the 72st Infantry Company of the nd Infantry Battalion took off his shirt, revealing his naked upper body, and then wrapped his body with explosives.

Putting the sanitary napkin on his head, Shaochuan Ichiro rushed forward with a roaring Tiger tank. When he was ten meters away from the tank, he detonated the explosives on his body and pounced forward.

When the tank commander saw the Japanese soldiers rushing towards him, he immediately picked up his machine gun and fired, but Shaochuan Ichiro was a little skilled and rolled on the ground to avoid them.

Before Shaochuan Ichiro could be happy after entering a blind spot, he immediately discovered several Chinese heads sticking out from behind the tank. He raised his semi-automatic rifle and shot them into a sieve.

With a loud bang, the tank exploded and Ichiro Shaochuan turned into a pool of blood. His eyeballs were blown out and hung on the front armor of the tank.

"Bah, what a damn bad luck! I have to ask the infantry brothers from the Second Regiment to make instant noodles for me when I get back!"

In half an hour, the tank battalion swept through the position with great force, and then, together with the 3rd Regiment and the Artillery Regiment, drove Komatsuzaki Rikio towards Handan.

Li Yunlong, who was at the Taihang Mountain Base, watched the good news coming in one after another, his joy written all over his face.

"This is fucking satisfying. Order the tank battalion to support the regiment and drive the Japanese in Shiyaoao back to Pingshun County!"

Sun Desheng, who had enjoyed the battle, immediately handed over the task of cleaning up the battlefield to the Third Regiment, and then met up with the First Regiment in Shipo Township, ready to advance.

The howitzer battalion first laid a simple foundation to loosen the soil in Shiyaoao.

Then, with the coordination of a regiment of soldiers, the tanks of the tank battalion were neatly lined up in a 200-meter-long queue at intervals of ten meters, and pushed forward towards Shiyaoao.

The Japanese soldiers who were responsible for defending Shiyaoao were already at the end of their strength. Under the baptism of howitzers and the threat of Tiger tanks, they began to flee.

The tank battalion followed the Japanese and pursued them relentlessly until they were beyond the anti-aircraft guns' air defense range, and were then called back by Li Yunlong.

Nagano Yuichiro slumped weakly in the chair, an unprecedented feeling of weakness sweeping over his body, and he gently pounded his hands to the side.

"I am sending a personal message to General Shinozuka Yoshio, the commander of the First Army. The Pingshun Campaign has ended. My troops were defeated. I will open my stomach and apologize!"

At this point, the Pingshun Campaign, which had been prepared for a month, came to an end.

The Japanese deployed troops from three directions:

第37师团225联队、226联队、227联队、37战车中队；

第69师团步兵第五旅团第82步兵大队、83步兵大队、84步兵大队、85步兵大队及第60旅团86步兵大队；

The 1nd Infantry Battalion, the 72rd Infantry Battalion, the artillery unit and the engineering unit of the 73st Independent Mixed Brigade.

The Taiyuan First Flying Regiment is composed of the Fifth Flying Squadron and the Third Independent Flying Squadron.

There were more than 19,000 heads of cattle, with more than 15,000 casualties, and less than 4,000 heads escaping.

The 386th Brigade deployed the 771st Regiment, the 772nd Regiment, the New st Regiment, the New nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the Southern Shanxi Independent Column, totaling more than people.

More than 4,000 casualties.

Overall, the results were fruitful.

Southern Shanxi became a unilateral meat grinder for the Japanese invaders.

After the war, Shipo Township and Grand Canyon Town had become ruins. Fortunately, before the battle started, Zhao Gang evacuated all the villagers, avoiding casualties of innocent villagers.

Wang Meng looked at the mess in front of him and his hair was about to fall out. He couldn't let the villagers live in the mountains forever, right?

I opened the long-missed system and watched the points skyrocket to [points].

Then another message popped up.

[Congratulations, you have completed the mission of annihilating more than 10,000 enemies in the battle ahead of schedule! ]

[Rewards: Big discounts on building materials such as steel bars and cement, one point equals ten tons! ]

[In addition, various types of construction machinery are unlocked, each worth 10 points, including road rollers, excavators, bulldozers, cement mixers, etc. 】

Wang Meng, who was worrying about the high cost of steel bars and cement and planning to rebuild his adobe house, suddenly received a big surprise.

And with construction machinery, wouldn’t efficiency increase rapidly?

Wang Meng immediately reported to Li Yunlong and convened a four-person meeting with Zhao Gang and Lin Shubing.

Now that he had steel bars and cement, Li Yunlong's ideas became bolder.

"Brothers, since we have come to this land in southern Shanxi, we are like a nail stuck in the ground. Since Shipo Township and Grand Canyon Town have been completely destroyed, we might as well build them into military fortresses!"

Zhao Gang frowned.

"What about the villagers?"

Wang Meng laid out his thoughts.

"Didn't Zhang Xuan kidnap a few puppet soldiers and detectives last time? He robbed tens of thousands of dollars in cash. He might as well give some to the villagers and use it to build a family business somewhere else."

Zhao Gang's brows relaxed and he nodded.

"This is a good idea. This way, the next time the Japanese come to cause trouble, the villagers won't have to worry about being bombed!"

Li Yunlong slammed the table.

"Okay, that's settled. How do we build our fortress next?"